Teaching hospital

A teaching hospital or university hospital is a hospital where future and current health professionals learn and train. These hospitals work closely with universities and are often next to medical schools.

Teaching hospitals have special programs called residency programs. These help new doctors, dentists, and other health workers practice their skills. They work under the careful watch of experienced doctors, like an attending physician or consultant. This way, new health professionals can learn in a safe place with guidance from experts.

History

The first teaching hospital where students could learn with patients under doctors was the Academy of Gundishapur in the Persian Empire during the Sassanid era. Early teaching hospitals included Islamic Bimaristans, like the Al-Adudi Hospital in Baghdad, founded in 981, and the Al-Fustat Hospital in Cairo, founded in 872.

Definitions

A teaching hospital is a special hospital where doctors and health workers learn and train. These hospitals work with universities and medical schools to teach students who want to become doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.

Students learn by working with experienced doctors. They start as medical students, then become interns, and later move on to residencies where they practice specific areas of medicine. There are also special programs called fellowships for those who want to become experts in a certain field. Teaching hospitals also have teaching clinics where they help patients who don’t need to stay overnight.

Research

Many teaching hospitals and medical centers are known for the important health studies they do. Being close to universities helps these hospitals do more research. Some well-known teaching hospitals are:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Charité in Berlin, Germany
• Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
• Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee County, U.S.
• Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
• Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
• Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
• NorthShore University Health System in Northbrook, Illinois, U.S.
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel
• Singapore General Hospital in Bukit Merah, Singapore
• Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• University Hospital of Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland
• UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

By region

Africa

Algeria

See also: List of university hospitals § Algeria

Algeria has 15 public teaching hospitals and one smaller hospital.

Gambia

The Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital became a teaching hospital in the 1990s. It offers a six-year degree for future doctors.

South Africa

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is a teaching hospital linked with the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School. It is one of the largest hospitals in the world. Another teaching hospital, Groote Schuur Hospital, was where the first human heart transplant happened.

Asia

Pakistan

The Aga Khan University Hospital is a teaching hospital with space for 721 patients. It trains doctors and hospital leaders with help from universities in America and Canada. It also supports health care units in rural areas.

Europe

France

In France, teaching hospitals are called "CHU". They work with universities, and some doctors there also teach. There is at least one teaching hospital in every region of France.

In Paris and nearby areas, the Greater Paris University Hospitals work with five major universities. They are split into groups, such as the Paris Cité University Hospital Group with 16 teaching hospitals, the Sorbonne University Hospital Group with 7 teaching hospitals, and others.

France has 32 teaching hospitals, most of which are university hospitals.

North America

United States

The first teaching hospital in the United States was started at the College of Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania, in 1765. Other early teaching hospitals include those at King's College of New York, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and Yale University.

Teaching hospitals became common in the United States in the early 1900s. They are usually large, advanced, and focus on both patient care and research. They often have many patients, money, and well-known doctors. These hospitals train doctors, which adds to their costs, but they say this helps improve medicine for the future.

Oceania

Australia

Australia’s first teaching hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, began teaching in 1928. It works with the University of Sydney.